5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BINES

BINES is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /baɪnz/

Noun

plural of bine

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How BINES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BINES as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,487 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BI_ES B in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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CORAL REATE SLART ROATE TRAIL GRANT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BINES performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,487 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BINES ranks #4,487 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
275
181
138
133
122
93
72
64
63
55
49
44
44
39
36
35
34
29
23
22
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BINES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
12% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

15.5% →
CORAL 5.91 bits
11.7% →
REATE 5.61 bits
7.7% →
SLART 5.32 bits
5.9% →
ROATE 4.08 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.02 bits
5.2% →
TRAIL 5.29 bits
3.9% →
GRANT 4.96 bits
3.1% →
DIRTY 3.89 bits
2.7% →
CARTE 4.46 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.12 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for BINES; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

B3I1N1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.